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Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks, bottom, steals second base as New York Mets' Omar Quintanilla, top, takes the throw during the seventh inning of a baseball game on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Lucroy homered and Yovani Gallardo scattered six hits over six innings while adding two hits and a pair of runs scored to lead the Brewers to a 7-5 victory over the Mets on Saturday night.

Gallardo (7-8), who has been the subject of recent trade speculation, allowed four earned runs, striking out six and walking three. In his previous outing Monday against Washington, Gallardo gave up nine hits and eight earned runs in three innings.

Francisco Rodriguez recorded his eighth save of the season and 302nd of his career.

Gallardo had a single and a double, scoring both times he reached base. He also had a key sacrifice bunt.

The Brewers jumped on Mets starter Shaun Marcum (1-10) for a run in the first inning. Lucroy's two-out single scored Norichika Aoki, who led off the game with an infield hit.

Milwaukee added two runs in the second. Logan Schafer singled, moved to third on a single by Gallardo and scored on Aoki's base hit. Jean Segura followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Gallardo.

Lucroy extended the Brewers lead to 4-0 with a one-out, solo home run to left field in the third.

Gallardo helped himself again in the fourth, leading off with a double off the right field wall and scored on Segura's single.

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